Sr. UX Designer, Connect

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Sony Interactive Entertainment isnt just the Best Place to Play its also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation were part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.

San Mateo CA

You are equal parts systems thinker and craft driven designer. You bring clarity to complex ecosystems translating identity frameworks account services safety policies and platform technologies into seamless intuitive player experiences. You leverage emerging capabilities to design secure scalable solutions that build trust across regions and devices. You ground every decision in research experimentation and measurable outcomes and you thrive in ambiguity defining structure where none exists.

In this role you will contribute to and shape experiences across PlayStations cross-platform ecosystem as part of the Connect team. Your work will help players families and communities get started manage their accounts and relationships stay safe and move seamlessly across PlayStation products and services.

You will design intuitive scalable experiences across console mobile web and other connected surfaces spanning areas such as account journeys onboarding identity privacy safety family management social connection communication self-service support and cross-device continuity. You will partner closely with product research engineering policy legal and regional teams to balance usability trust compliance privacy safety and business objectives.

As a senior designer you will help define experience strategy simplify complex systems influence cross-functional decisions and deliver high-quality design solutions that work globally across platforms surfaces and regions.

You will join the Connect design team in a hybrid role based in San Mateo and be part of the broader Sony design organization. You will collaborate with a global network of designers to elevate craft advance systems thinking and deliver forward looking player centered experiences at scale.

Responsibilities

• Own UX for a core platform surface system feature or end-to-end player journey.
• Lead design from concept through launch across console web and/or companion experiences.
• Translate complex technical and platform constraints into intuitive performant user experiences.
• Define interaction models navigation patterns and scalable UI frameworks.
• Partner closely with Product Engineering and Research to shape roadmap and feature strategy.
• Reduce ambiguity in emerging or evolving platform capabilities through rapid prototyping and validation.
• Contribute to and evolve platform design systems and standards.
• Facilitate critiques and drive high-quality design execution across teams.
• Mentor designers and elevate craft consistency and systems thinking.
• Present and communicate design decisions clearly to cross-functional and leadership stakeholders.
• Balance innovation with usability accessibility performance and platform consistency.

Requirements

• BA/BS in Interaction or Product Design Human Factors or equivalent experience.
• 5 years of product or UX design experience including platform or systems-level work.
• A portfolio that showcases thoughtful simple deliberate & intuitive design with extraordinary interaction motion and visuals.
• Experience shipping complex multi-surface experiences (console mobile web or connected devices).
• Strong systems thinking and interaction design skills.
• Ability to operate independently in ambiguous technically complex environments.
• Experience collaborating closely with cross-functional partners.
• High level of proficiency with Figma including components auto-layout prototyping tokens animation plugins etc.
• Clear concise communication and presentation skills.

Bonus

• Strong understanding of the PlayStation ecosystem platform strategy and service landscape.
• Demonstrated history of leading products from early concept through successful launch at scale.
• Deep knowledge of player behaviors gaming culture and industry trends.
• Experience operating effectively within globally distributed cross-functional teams.
• Proven ability to design scalable localized experiences for diverse international markets.

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